Toy pistol.



i @NEWER GEORGE C. LASARES, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOY PISTOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 13, 1910'. Serial No. 577,045.

To au 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE C. LixsARns, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Springfield, invthe county vof Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Toy Pistols, of which the following is aspeciiication.

This invention relates to improvements in toy pistols and particularlyof the type shown inthe patent issued to Lucian Hill.

on January 28, 1890, numbered 420,068, in which a thin piece ofsheet-steel is rigidly secured by one of its ends to a `barrel elementand attached to a hammer or operating element at its opposite end sothat when the operating element is pulled back the piece of steel iscrimped or bowed in one direction; and when the thin piece of steel issnapped in the opposite direction a projectile bearing against thecenter portion thereof will be violently thrown forward by the snappingaction of the steel sheet, as fully described in the above referred topatent.

My invention relates to a magazine feature in which provision is made inthe barrel portion for receiving a large number of cylindrically shapedprojectiles of a. definite diameter and any suitable length, the sidesof the magazine in which the projectiles are stored being formed ondifferent angles or inclinations to the horizontal so that theprojectiles will not bind on each other or bridge over the outlet orthroatl opening in the bottom that leads to the bore of the barrel, butthe lowermost one twill always roll downward into the. bore of thebarrel and be struck by the center' portion of the piece1 'of' sheetsteel when operated by the trigger. One Iedge of the throat opening ismade higher than the other whereby a support i's formed to receive thenext following projection before its passage through the throat into thebore of the barrel. l

In the drawings` forming part of this application,--l*`igure 1 is a planView, looking downward upon tue pistol, showing the cover element andthe upper portion of the operating element for the disk of thin steel.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 2 9, Fig. l, showingthe pocket for receiving the projectiles and the diskshaped membercrimped into one position after the lowermost pro jee-tile has beentired.

of the elongated throat la.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line l23--3 of Fig. 2showing the shape of the projectile or magazine pocket, and clearlyindicating that the sides thereof are of different inclination.

Referring to the drawings, a, designates the barrel portion ofthe pistolhaving the bore or opening b therein.- Attached to the enlarged rearside of the barrel is the handle or hilt member c. Located between thehandle and the barrel is a piece of thin, sheet steel al that is rigidlysecured at its upper end by means of the screws e, and attached to thelower end of the piece d is a trigger or operating element f whichpasses upward through the opening c1 of the handle, all as shown andfully described in the above referred to patent.

Referring now to the particular features of my invent-ion, in which therear' portion of the barrel is provided with a cavity or magazine pocketg, it will be noticed that the sides of this pocket' are inclined, asindicated at h and z', and that the degree of inclination is differentin the opposite sides,the side z' being 37 from the horizontal, whiletheside 7L is 30. The projectiles, which are approximatelythree-sixteenths of an inch in diameter and of oonsiderable length, areindicated, at y'. The lower portion of th'e'pocket g communicates withthe rear portion of the bore Z) by means 1t will therefore be seen, -byreference to Fig. 3, that the lowermost projectile of those contained inthe magazine will fall through this elongated-shaped throat, beingpushed therethrough by the projectiles above, and on account of thediiierence of the inclination between kthe sides of the pocket., as soonas one projectile is thrown out or forward, the

next successive one will be pushed down by.

' tion of the sides of the pocket., lVhen the disk-shaped piece issnapped by the operating element f,this lowermost. 'projectile will bethrown in the manner i'ulljY described in the above referred to patent,to Hill.

It has been determined by actual experiment that the angles best suitedto produce the best action arethe ones given. The

magazine er pocket opening is closed or cov-` ered by i. ans of auarcshaped inet-al elcratented Jan.21,1913.

after the projectile in the bore is dis-I charged. Therefore having o-needge above the other prevents any clogging or choking up of the throat,but at all times permits the projectiles to roll in succession throughthe throat into the bore.

vlllhat I claim is l. A toy pistol comprising a barrel niember having abore therethrough, the rear portion of the member above that part of thebore being removed, the sides of the re- 4moved portion being inclinedat different angles with relation to a horizontal plane and whichextends into the bore of the barrel to form a throat opening throughwhich the projectiles fall, the edge portions ofthe throat openingsbeing located at dilerent distances from the horizontal plane lwhichpasses through the axis of the barrel niember to receive the first andsecond projectiles above the one in the bore, whereby when theprojectile in the bore is expelled the projectile-which is resting onthe lowermost edge of the throat opening will drop into the bore, andthe next following projectile will take its place, substantially asdescribed.

2. A toy pistol arranged to shoot harmless projectiles cornprising ahandle portion and a barrel portion having a horizontal bore, the latterportion being enlarged at its rear end to reoresent the cylinder of arevolver together with a spring firing disk mounted in the rear of thebarrel portion, the en ti" -d end or the barrel portion having a cap iuschamber provided therein constructed with substantiall Wedge shapedwalls to hold 'the projectiles yin'a wedge shaped pile with theprojectile forming the apex of the wedge resting in the bore adjacentsaid spring disk, and means to operate the disk. wherebjT the apexprojectile is thrown through the bore ande` another projectile from thewedge shaped pile 'falls to the apex position adjacent the spring dislt.

il. toj7 pistol arranged to shoot harmless projectiles comprising ahandle portion and a barrel portion having a horizontal bore the latterportionibeing enlarged at its rear end together 'with a spring tiringdisk mounted in the rear oit the barrel portion, the enlarged end oitthe barrel portion having a capacious chamber open at the top and infree open communication with the bore at the bottom constructed withsubstantially wedge shaped Walls to hold the j irojectiles in a wedgeshaped pile with the projectile forming the apex of the wedge resting inthe bore adjacent` said spring disk, a removable cover for the top ofsaid chamber arranged to allow free feeding access to the chamber whenopen and prevent the projectiles from flying out the top when closed,and means to operate the disk whereby the apex projectile is thrownthrough the bore.

Geenen c. rasante.

Witnesses:

I. I. CLEMoNs, HARRY W. BOWEN.

